re: #71 goddamnedfrank

“Why are there so many arrests?” Ben Gvir reportedly asked. “Can’t you kill some? Do you want to tell me they all surrender? What are we to do with so many arrested? It’s dangerous for the soldiers.”

Because

1) proper, skillful interrogation may yield useful information; and
2) if they’re going to trade a few thousand Palestinian prisoners for the hostages, they need to have a few thousand Palestinian prisoners to trade.